I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

If you
have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites yet, again, I would
encourage you to do so- fabulous Design Team samples and inspiration from all!

To create
this card:

Use the
Embossing Buddy® to de-static a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, ink the Dove
of Peace image using Versamark™ Ink (only inking the dove at this time) and stamp
onto the prepared piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Apply
Stampin’ Emboss® Gold Embossing Powder and use the Heat Tool to heat set the
powder.

Carefully
cut out the dove around the embossed outline (“fussy-cut”) and mount using
Stampin’ Dimensionals® onto a square of Brushed Gold cardstock.

Repeat
the embossing steps above for the sentiment portion of the Dove of Peace stamp
set, trim around the sentiment and set aside.

Use the
Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a
piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, trim the panel and add the 5/8” Gold Satin
Ribbon bow.

Mount the
embossed panel with the bow onto a piece of Brushed Gold cardstock, trim and adhere
to the Very Vanilla card base.

Mount the
focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the sentiment to the card front.

Again,
if you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to visit the
above links to check out their wonderful Design Team entries as well as their galleries!

This card
was extremely easy to create: Use the Big
Shot™ to cut out the ornaments from the Delicate Ornaments Thinlits™ from Pool Party cardstock as well as Lost Lagoon cardstock,.Emboss the Pool Party cardstock layer with
the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock.Insert the Lost Lagoon ornament die cuts into the openings on the embossed Pool
Party layer, add the die cut ornament toppers (cut from Silver Foil) along with the Silver Cord.Mount the entire panel onto the Lost Lagoon card base, add
the Rhinestones to the centers of the ornaments.Stamp the sentiment from Embellished Ornaments using Lost Lagoon Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, trim and layer onto Tangerine Tango cardstock (creating the banner with the Hexagon Punch). Add the sentiment to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to finish off the card.

Use Stampin’ Write
markers- Cajun Craze, Lost Lagoon, Pool
Party and Tangerine Tango to color the cross and carefully cut out (“fussy-cut’)
the image and set aside.

Ink the verse from
God Verses (ODBD) using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White
cardstock . Use the Big Shot™ with the
stitched circle die to cut out the verse and mount onto another circle cut from
Cajun Craze cardstock.

Ink the Chalkboard
Fan background with Pool Party Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Pool Party
cardstock, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock, trim
once more and mount onto a piece of
Whisper White cardstock.

Ink the Chalkboard
Fan background once more with Lost Lagoon Classic Ink, stamp off onto a piece
of scrap paper and stamp onto a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock. Trim the panel, mount onto a piece
of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto the Cajun Craze card base.

Emboss a piece of
Whisper White cardstock with the Big Shot™ and the Boho Chic Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Cajun
Craze cardstock.

Adhere the embossed
Whisper White panel to the card front, add the stamped Pool Party panel using Stampin’
Dimensionals®, mount the verse directly onto the Pool Party layer and add the
fussy-cut cross with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use
the Big Shot™ with the Spellbinders™ Labels 18 die (ODBD) to cut out the image (also cut a label the
same size from Basic Black cardstock).

Cut
the both the label and colored image in half and mount the label behind the
focal image (allowing a part of the frame to show).

De-static
a piece of Basic Black cardstock using the Embossing Buddy®, ink the sentiment
from the ODBD Birthday Doily using Versamark™ Ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White
Embossing Powder, heat set with the Heat Tool and trim once cooled.

I am so excited!! I was able to find this House Mouse Designs® by Stampendous®! stamp at a recent clearance sale and have a few friends that just love "cutsey"images :-) I think you could use this image for
encouragement, winter birthday as well as Christmas...what do you think?

Again, if you have not already done so, I hope
you will find the time to visit the above links to check out their fantastic galleries!

Color the
image using an AquaPainter™ with Melon Mambo Classic Ink for the scarf, Island
Indigo Classic Ink for the snow and a Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker for the
mouse as well as the shadows.

Stamp the
sentiment from Wondrous Wreath using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, add a few shadows
to the letters with the Sahara Sand marker and add a bit of splatter with the
large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Island Indigo Classic Ink
(stamping off before stamping onto the panel).

Cut the
image out with the Big Shot™ and the smallest Envelope Liner Framelit™ (also cutting the liner from Melon Mambo
cardstock as well- splitting this piece in half).

Ink the stamp
images from Six Sided Sampler using the challenge colors- Blackberry Bliss,
Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Tangelo Twist and Tip Top Taupe.

Punch out
the hexagon shapes using the Hexagon Punch and arrange onto the card front using
Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Option
#2- Using Delightful Dijon Classic Ink stamp the butterfly onto Whisper White
cardstock, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and adhere to the card
front along with the Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Hopefully
you will have a chance to visit the above mentioned challenge sites- there are so many
wonderful Design Teams samples and entries!

In an effort to spend more time creating, I will not list the step by step details of this card- it is fairly easy to create (but a bit time consuming :-))

This card
utilizes watercolor techniques with Stampin’ Write markers (scribbled onto a craft mat or acrylic block and painted with a water brush) for the blossoms, direct marker for the leaves, shadow from a "goof" on the focal image circle (this step could be omitted- lol!), fussy-cutting for the focal image, Banners created with punches and dry embossing, a backgground stamp, distressing for the edges and a stitched circle die along with Pearls to finish off the card.

As you may know, one layer or Clean and Simple cards are the toughest for me- by participating in the challenges, it forces me to "get outside of my box"- lol!!

If you
have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites yet, again, I would
encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

This card
was very simple to create:

Masking
the strip on the cardstock, sponging Marina Mist Classic Ink for the
background, stamping the postage cancellation stamp using Cajun Craze Classic
Ink and the script stamp with Marina Mist Classic Ink, use the Embossing Buddy®
to de-static the cardstock, stamping the leaves using Versamark® Ink, embossing with White Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder,
sponging Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze onto the leaves and finishing off
with the sentiment using Cajun Craze Classic Ink.

I have owned this stamp set for many years and have not inked up this image before- not sure why other than possibly too many stamps and not enough time- lol!!

Again,
if you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to visit the
above sites to check out the fantastic Design Team samples as well as their fabulous
challenge galleries!

This card
was easy to create- stamp the image from the retired Country Comfort set
using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, watercolor with an
AquaPainter™ using Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and
Basic Gray (scribble the marker onto an acrylic block and pick up the ink with
the AquaPainter™), add a few shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker
and cut out using the Big Shot™ with curved banner MFT Blueprints 13 Die.

Watercolor the petals on the Poppy image using an AquaPainter™ with the Bermuda Bay Stampin’
Write Marker (scribble the marker onto an acrylic block and pick up the ink
with the AquaPainter™), the leaves with the retired Lucky Limeade Stampin’
Write Marker and the background grid with Basic Gray and Sahara Sand markers.

Use the
Big Shot™ with the coordinating ODBD Crochet Circle and Crochet Border Dies to
cut out the images.

Emboss a
piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock with the Big Shot™ and the Chevron Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Gray
cardstock, trim and add the Crochet Border pieces.

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